Awning hangers and means for suspending awnings on said hangers



y 1949- 'R. D. T MSON 2,469,020

. AWNING HANGER AND NS FOR SUSPENDING AWNINGS ON SAID HANGERS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed May 21, 1945 1710 en Zor. RoberZD. Thomson Patented May 3, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AWNING HANGERS AND MEANS FOR SUS- PENDING AWNINGS ON SAID HANGERS Claims.

Heretofore the hanging of awnings has been very troublesome and time consuming. It requires the installation of many cleats on the building which have to be removed if they are in the way of storm windows or shutters or both. The existing methods also require the use of many screw eyes which are troublesome and sometimes wear the awning. These methods also involve the installation and removal of a number of loose parts and the rattling of the same due to loose fits in the ordinary commercial awning hardware. These methods also involve annoyance due to the loss of these loose parts after removal at the end of the season; also the wearing of the window casing due to the fastening and unfastening of fixtures and insertion and withdrawal of screws. In the case of the pulleys at the top they are usually left on the window casing and they become corroded. Their leather strippers disintegrate, the ropes become worn and holes are pinched in the awnings. In the case of all buildings on which there are used both awnings in the summer and storm sash in the winter, and which also have shutters, a serious difliculty is experienced in the necessity of unscrewing the side awning fixtures from the building in the fall and removing the pulleys at the top, and then of screwing these parts on the building in the spring. These difliculties, experienced under the pressure of peak seasonal loads are principally responsible for the excessive labor turnover among awning service workers and limit the size to which awning service companies can normally grow.

My invention has for its object to avoid these and other objections by providing a head rod having suitable fixtures for engaging complementary fixtures on the house, piazza or other structure upon which the awning is to be hung.

Another object of my invention is to provide a special head and frame construction for the awning to which the latter is attached which awning may be folded and suspended from the head, thus relieving the cumbersomeness of the awning while engaging the head with the sus- "pending hangers or hooks.

upon which the awning is installed, thus conserving the pulleys and avoiding holes in the window frame.

Still another object of the invention is to materially reduce the cost of hanging and taking down awnings.

The objectives and advantages of my invention will be more clearly understood by referring more specifically to the following specification and to the drawings wherein Fig. l is a perspective view of my improved awning in place on a window frame or casing; Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of one end of the head-rod; Fig. 3 is a section through the head-rod taken on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the side hinged hangers; Fig. 5 is a top view of one of the side hangers and a section through the window casing and illustrating the method of folding said hanger; Fig. 6 is a section through one of the side hangers and illustrating the method of locking one of the awning side frame rods therein; Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the awning initially folded and suspended on the awning head pins, and illustrating the method of springing the frame therefrom (shown in dotted lines); Fig. 8 is a side elevation of Fig. 7; Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the awning suspended from a window casing or other suitable structure, and showing the method of inserting the side rods of the awning frame in the side hanging fixtures or holders, and Fig. 10 is a perspective view of one of the side hangers.

Referring more specifically to the accompanying specification and drawings, I represents a.

r novel construction of head-rod which may be of any suitable material such as wood, non-corrosive metal or plastics. To this head-rod I the awning 2 is attached, and the shape of the headrod conforms to the shape of the awning when it hangs in its normal position. Cleats 3 provided with hooks 4 are secured to the window casing 5 by screws 6. To the head-rod l are suitably secured by suitable fastening adapters I having slots or eyes whereby the head-rod and the awning 2 attached to the top of the latter may be suspended from the hooks 4 on the window casing. The head-rod locks beneath the cleats 3 thus preventing rattle. The longer the awning the more adapters with corresponding cleats are required. Protruding pins 8 extend beyond the ends of the head-rod I. For ease of manipulation the awning is first suspended or hung on these pins in order to avoid the cumbersomeness of the awning while it is being adjusted to its final hanging as illustrated in Fig. 7, wherein the 

